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The decision aligns with Amazon's focus on newer tools using large... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-will-stop-paying-developers-for-making-alexa-skills-usgvz4g1i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uSGvZ4g1i.png og:image:alt: Amazon will stop paying developers for making Alexa skills og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Amazon will stop paying developers for making Alexa skills **[The Verge](https://daily.dev/sources/theverge)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon will stop paying developers for creating skills for Alexa after June 30th, 2024. The decision aligns with Amazon's focus on newer tools using large language models (LLMs) to enhance Alexa's capabilities. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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